Here's how to vote for the Glasgow Community Champion Awards 2022

The Glasgow Times awards, in association with Glasgow City Council, Wheatley Glasgow, Trades House of Glasgow and Merck, celebrate everything that is great about the city and its people.

Once again, our readers will determine who triumphs in each category in the north west, north east and south areas.

Last week we announced all of the finalists across nine categories – Team, Uniformed Services, Individual, Public Service, Young, Senior, Health and Wellbeing, Sport and School of the Year.

You can vote online at glasgowtimes.co.uk/community-champion-awards.

It is free to cast your vote and voting closes on November 2. The winners will go through to the Grand Final at the City Chambers on December 8.

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This year’s Team finalists in the north east are Bluevale Community Club, Ruchazie Pantry and Glasgow Baby Food Bank. In the north west, Woodlands Community, The Courtyard Pantry and Amma Birth Companions are all in the running, while Friends of Southern Necropolis, Awesome Glasgow and South West Arts and Music Project (Swamp) will battle it out in the south.

Ruchazie Pantry. Pic: Robert Perry/Newsquest (Image: Newsquest)

The Uniformed Services award will be city-wide this year, and the finalists are Willie Anderson and Scott Diamond of the Scottish Ambulance Service; Thomas McCallum and Courtney Elaine Braceline, also of Scottish Ambulance Service; Police Scotland’s Hampden Community Reassurance Plan; Toryglen Disorder Partnership Initiative; PC Natalie Pollock; the Gorbals Community Policing Team; Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Police Campus Officers; and the Glasgow South Campus Officers in Govan.

The 2022 Individual finalists in the north east are Ally Zlatar: The Starving Artist; Kenny Trainer, of Bluevale Community Club; and Calum McLean and Marc Hensman of Christmas at St Denis’ by Code.

In the north west, Fraser Johnston of Freewheel North, Michael Mullen of Growchapel, Shulamite Ezechi of ANYISO and Laura Torrance of Spinal Cord Injuries Scotland, are up for the award. The south finalists are Amanda Smith, Jean McEwan, and Tab Niamat.

The Public Service and Young Awards are citywide categories this year. The Public Service finalists are Youth Initiatives Scotland, Men Matter Scotland, Routes, Urban Youth Project, Govan’s Toy Library team and Glasgow's Golden Generation.

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The Young award finalists for 2022 are Cody Stewart, Emmanuel Gebreyes and Megan McCloskey. The north east finalists in the Senior category are Peter Wilson, Jean Menzies and Agnes Mackie. In the north west, the contenders are Ann Mills, Mary Wright and the Milton Rattlers. The south finalists are Annabell Palmer and Thelma Leinster.

Thelma Leinster (Image: Glasgow's Golden Generation)

The Health and Wellbeing finalists in the north east are Shettleston Community Growing Project, The Jiggly Joggers and Free Wheel North Glasgow Green Team. The north west contenders are Amma Birth Companions, Growing Together and North Glasgow Community Food Initiative Volunteers. In the south, the finalists are Connect All Walkers and the Urban Youth Project, which provides life coaching and development support to young people.

This year’s Sport and School awards are citywide. The Sport finalists are Glasgow Gals Cycling Club; North Glasgow ABC Boxing club; JKS Glasgow; Barlia Pitches Matter; and Sparta Trampoline Club.

The 2022 School of the Year finalists are Parkhill Secondary; Haghill Park Primary School and Nursery Class; St Philomena’s Primary; Shawlands Primary; St Albert’s Primary; and Lochend Community School, which takes great pride in its role at the heart of the Easterhouse community.

Vote online now.